Rethinking Roland Barthes Through Performance
Wilson, Harry Robert / Bleeker, Maaike / Daddario, Will / Kear, Adrian / Kelleher, Joe / Roms, Heike
Through a series of reflections from internationally renowned performance-makers and contextualising essays from leading theatre and performance scholars, this is the first book to map the influence of Roland Barthes on performance. The contributions are framed through Barthes's notion of The Neutral - the suspension of binary choice that offers a welcome antidote to the political deadlock of our present moment. They cover the breadth of Barth...